Ap euro chapter 18
Catherine the great of Russia came to power in 1762 through
A military coup
Habsburg emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom in the Austrian empire in 1781 what was the outcome of this reform
After Joseph II death in 1790 serfdom was more or less reinstated
Before the scientific revolution Europeans view of the universe was based on the ideas of
Aristotle
Rousseau's concept of the general will asserts that
Authentic long term needs of the people can be correctly interpreted by a far seeing minority
Madame du châtelet
Believed women's limited contribution. To science was the result of unequal education
According to its editor the fundamental goal of the encyclopedia was to
Change the general way of thinking
____ progress of the human mind tracked the nine stages of human development
Condorcet
The accomplishments of Fredrick II included all the following except
Restructuring the Prussian social system
D'holbach system of nature presented
A mechanistic atheistic philosophey
After the death of Louis XIV the French parliament
Effectively challenged royal absolutism
Galileos greatest achievement was his
Elaboration and consolidation of the experimental method
Immanuel Kant argued for
Freedom of the press
The enlightenment reached its highest development in France for all the following reasons except
French scientists and universities Were the most preeminent in the scientific revolution
According to ___ theory of inertia rest is not the natural state of objects
Galileo
One of the few attempts to link theoretical science with applied science took place at
Gresham college
In general what was voltaires attitude toward govt
He believed that a good monarch was the best one could hope for
In his essay concerning human understanding John Locke claimed that
Human development is determined by education and society
In 1748 following the war of Austrian succession. Louis XIV finance minister created an outcry among French nobles clergy and wealthy town dwellers by
Imposing a 5% income tax on all Frenchman
A striking feature of salons was that
Philopshes nobles and members of the upper middle class intermingled
He primary purpose of fontenelle conservations on the plurality of worlds was to
Popularize the findings of the scientific revolution
Copernicus' theory of the universe
Postulated a sun centered view of the universe
Which powers participated in the partitioning of Poland in the late eighteenth century
Prussia Russia Austria
Mendelssohn argued that
Reason could complement and strengthen religion
To improve the rural economy and lives of peasants empress Maria Theresa
Reduced nobles powers over their serfs
All of the following were important trend of enlightenment thought except
Religion too could be analyzed using enlightenment theories and eventually religious truth could be known
The two men generally given credit for creating the modern scientific method were Francis bacon
Rene Descartes
The illegal book trade in france featurd all the following types of literature except
Technical journals on agriculture and industry
All of the following were causes of the scientific revolution except
The active support of the papacy
Empiricism emphasized
The actual observation of phenomena
In his spirit of laws Montesquieu argued for
The separation of govt powers
The concept of the reading revolution refers to
The shift from reading out loud texts perceived as authoritative to reading many different texts rapidly silently bs individually
Before 1500 science was primarily a branch of
Theology
All of the following played a role in the erosion of French absolutism except the
Theories of Charles Montesquieu
The key feature of newtons system was the law of
Universal gravitation
